Power Authority Provides Funds for Emergency Services
Contact Robert Hadler 315-764-0026 ext.300 robert.hadler@nypa.gov
October 12, 2001
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MASSENA—The New York Power Authority is donating almost $37,000 to providers of emergency services in the areas near its St. Lawrence-Franklin D. Roosevelt Power Project here. Contributions this year are being made to 40 local organizations including volunteer fire departments, rescue squads, the American Red Cross and Massena Memorial Hospital.
"Our staff members at St. Lawrence-FDR and their families, as well as our neighbors in the North Country, rely on the vital emergency services these dedicated volunteer units provide," said Joseph J. Seymour, chairman and chief executive officer of the Power Authority. "Many of these organization’s volunteers also work at our project, so as part of Governor Pataki’s initiatives to make New York a better, safer place to live, we take special interest in helping them maintain an up-to-date state of readiness."
The contribution to the Massena Volunteer Fire Department will be made, on behalf of Chairman Seymour, by Robert Hadler, community relations manager for the Power Authority, at the department’s annual dinner held Saturday evening (Oct.13).
Donations were made to: Altona Volunteer Fire and Rescue; Beekmantown Volunteer Fire Department; Burke Volunteer Fire Department; Cadyville Volunteer Fire Department; Canton Volunteer Fire and Rescue; Chateaugay Volunteer Fire and Rescue; Churubusco Volunteer Fire and Rescue; Colton Volunteer Fire and Rescue; Constable Volunteer Fire and Rescue; Croghan Volunteer Fire Department; Cumberland Head Volunteer Fire Department; Edwards Volunteer Fire and Rescue.
Also Ellenburg Volunteer Fire Department; Fine Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department; Fort Covington Volunteer Fire and Rescue; Harrisville Volunteer Fire Department; Helena Volunteer Fire Department; Hermon Volunteer Fire and Rescue; Hogansburg Volunteer Fire Department; Louisville Volunteer Fire Department; Madrid Volunteer Fire Department; Madrid Volunteer Rescue Squad; Malone Volunteer Fire Department; Massena Volunteer Rescue Squad; Massena Volunteer Fire Department; Morrisonville Volunteer Fire Department.
Also, Norfolk Volunteer Fire Department; Norfolk Volunteer Rescue Squad; Pierrepont Volunteer Fire Department; Pitcairn Volunteer Fire and Rescue; Plattsburgh Dist. 3 Volunteer Fire Department; Potsdam Volunteer Rescue Squad; Russell Volunteer Rescue Squad; Tri-Town Volunteer Rescue Squad; Waddington Volunteer Fire Department; Waddington Volunteer Rescue Squad; Westville Volunteer Fire and Rescue; Lisbon Volunteer Fire Corp. and the American Red Cross.
A donation to the Massena Memorial Hospital was presented in May during the hospital’s annual fund drive.
